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Apple Releases Updated MacBook Pros With Core i5 and i7 Processors
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Thanks man, so if your not doing anything that requires huge graphical processing like games for example.. does it automaticaly switch to the intel intergrated one?
If you have a Core Duo (and not Core 2 Duo) then the new chips are probably 50% faster at the same clock speed, plus they got hyperthreading, which can give another 20% gain, plus they have a "Turbo" mode where the clock speed is increased when only one core is running. For Core 2 Duo, start with 40% faster, and the rest of the comments is the same.
I'd like to bring up a minor point. If they're still selling Core 2 Duo today, expect our already ancient Core 2 Duo hardware to be supported for some time longer.
Nope. This version is just a dual core CPU with HyperThreading, it does not have four real cores.
And that makes those updates very disappointing. After all, those are supposedly high-end machines.
i5/i7 Processor reviews/stats
Finally, an update. Been waiting for it since February!
Anyone have some links to reviews or comparative tests for these new processors?
Finally, an update. Been waiting for it since February!
Anyone have some links to reviews or comparative tests for these new processors?
This has to be one of the most inappropriate comments I've read on this board in a long time. How ignorant and disappointing.
except that for a few months last year the MBPs were very price competitive with Wintel laptops if you compared the same specs. Today Apple does a refresh and for $1799 you still only get 256MB of graphics RAM. i can understand $200 or so premium, but for $1000 HP sells a laptop with much better specs. and an entry level MBP with C2D for $1199 is ridiculous
why is it apple can sell the iphone for less than the competition but not a laptop?
I do. I'm a videographer and it would have been nice to make an HD disc for a client straight from the MBP. Archiving to a 50GB Blu-ray disc is also more cost effective than archiving to much more expensive hard drives.
Likewise
best of all, I've had a good 10 months to play/use mine, while others have probably been sitting around waiting for this day....lol
They were forced into Intel integrated graphics... Staying with C2D means they can bump both the CPU and GPU, (if only ever so slightly
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Apple is more interested in an increase in battery life than a dramatic increase in performance by offering a Clarksfield. I do remember mentioning faster dual cores and longer battery life as Apple's obsession. What am I supposed to do with the extra 5 hours of life that I don't need? It doesn't make my computer faster.
Yikes.. pretty lame update here. I'm really surprised at Apple. Typically, their updates put them at a competitive level. This should be a macbook update not a Macbook "PRO" update. Can we still call them pro machines? No.
Yes the Dell comparison is inevitable, and I should shutup etc yah yah. But have you guys looked at it? Say a Studio XPS 16? The specs absolutely squash the MBP high end 15".
Couple things that surprise me about this update.
No 720QM... just 720M. Remember that's dual core not quad core.
DDR3 @ 1066mhz instead of the current standard of 1333mhz.
No USB3.. it's out now so stop making excuses for Apple. Asus has it.
16x10 instead of 16x9. Again, no excuses here. 16x9 is better in so many ways.
Feels like this update is perfect.. if we're talking 6 months ago. I would urge you guys not to spend the $1000+ price premium over superior notebooks.. Of course none of the competition has that amazing trackpad or unibody structure (don't say the Envy.. it's terrible). I believe paying a price premium for Apple products is fine, and I'd do it for sure.. just not at $1000+ for lesser hardware.
I've waited a LONG time but I'll pass on this. :/
Yes the Dell comparison is inevitable, and I should shutup etc yah yah. But have you guys looked at it? Say a Studio XPS 16? The specs absolutely squash the MBP high end 15".
Couple things that surprise me about this update.
No 720QM... just 720M. Remember that's dual core not quad core.
DDR3 @ 1066mhz instead of the current standard of 1333mhz.
No USB3.. it's out now so stop making excuses for Apple. Asus has it.
16x10 instead of 16x9. Again, no excuses here. 16x9 is better in so many ways.
Feels like this update is perfect.. if we're talking 6 months ago. I would urge you guys not to spend the $1000+ price premium over superior notebooks.. Of course none of the competition has that amazing trackpad or unibody structure (don't say the Envy.. it's terrible). I believe paying a price premium for Apple products is fine, and I'd do it for sure.. just not at $1000+ for lesser hardware.
I've waited a LONG time but I'll pass on this. :/
There's no room on the 13" uMBP form factor for Optimus graphics, and moving to an i3/i5 on it would mean people would be stuck with Intel HD graphics only instead. C2Ds are plenty fine for running OSX and the typical things the majority of 13" users are doing. Its really Intel to blame for the predicament of tying the new processors to the Intel chipset only.
1280x800 is certainly a better and more usable resolution than the 1366x768 that most PC laptops come with now (lots on 15" PC laptops too), vertical resolution counts more for day-to-day. If you don't mind a PC and want a 13" then look at the Asus U30JC (not the Sonys).
Right, besides the fact that we more than double the tax people do in the states, our base MBP is still just under $2000.
Oh wait, maybe it's because our average joe is more than twice as rich as the American one and our standard of living is significantly higher here?
Sony notebooks are nice except for the OS... I don't want to run windoze and Linux is not an option because they are not fully supported by it...